There are TONS of in-jokes in this game so I highly recommend you play the first two games (or at least read through all of the walkthroughs I have online) to get a sense of the full backstory on this game. There are a lot of fun characters and situations that are referred to throughout this game!

You start with your favorite heroes, Ratchet and Clank, playing a strange game of chess. Suddenly Clank's favorite TV show comes on. It starts in the Maktar Casino, at 12:31am. You see Secret Agent Clank facing off against Max Million, complete with witty banter. There's a fight which Clank easily wins, and he waltzes out with his lady friend. "Jeeves", i.e. Ratchet, is the hotel doorman who is sent for the car.

The real Ratchet is not thrilled with this plot and changes the channel. You see a newscast with Channel 64 News, that your home planet is under attack by the Tyranoids. They're lead by Dr. Nefarious, the masermind behind this attack.

"We're going home," says Ratchet. Your home is in the Salonid Galaxy and Clank is concerned. "Not the gravometric warp drive ... the untested gravometric warp drive." "We are doomed," he adds. But of course, you make it home safely!